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CHanGE directors among UW faculty selected as IPCC authors & editors

CHanGE Director Kris Ebi and Co-Director Jeremy Hess were selected to contribute to the International Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report. Dr. Ebi will serve as a review editor for Working Group II, which focuses on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Dr. Hess is a lead author for Chapter 7, which will look at “health, wellbeing, and the changing structure of communities.” Kyle Armour and Richard Feely are the other UW faculty members selected to participate. Read more about the authors and the importance of this IPCC report at the UW’s press release here.